by librarians | Nov 14, 2019 | Crime, Writers
Stephen Booth Biography Stephen Booth was born in Burnley and grew up in Blackpool. After teacher training in Manchester and a career in local newspapers which started in Wilmslow, Cheshire, he launched his best-selling Cooper and Fry series in 2000. His two...
by librarians | Nov 14, 2019 | Children, Writers
Craig Bradley Biography Craig Bradley (aka That Poetry Bloke) has been a professional children’s poet since 2003. He has visited over 1,500 schools and libraries and performed over 5,000 times including many children’s and literary festivals. Craig has...
by librarians | Nov 14, 2019 | Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories
Carys Bray Biography Her collection Sweet Home won the Scott Prize. Her first novel A Song for Issy Bradley was broadcast on BBC Radio Four. Website www.carysbray.co.uk Genre literary fiction- short stories and novels Publications & Performance History Sweet...
by librarians | Nov 14, 2019 | Crime, Writers
Jean Briggs Biography I taught English in schools in Cheshire, Hong Kong and Lancashire. I now live in a cottage in Cumbria where I write the Charles Dickens Mysteries, featuring Dickens as an amateur detective teaming up with Superintendent Jones of Bow Street. I am...
by librarians | Nov 14, 2019 | Historical, Writers
Malcolm Brocklehurst Biography I am President of Cleveleys Writers where my main contribution is poetry written under the pseudonym of Majinka. My philosophy to life is that age is no barrier to a working life and so when asked what are my future plans I respond with...
by librarians | Nov 14, 2019 | Contemporary Fiction, Writers
Amanda Brooke Biography Amanda Brooke is a Liverpool author whose first book, Yesterday’s Sun was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick in 2012. She continues to write novels with strong themes surrounding motherhood and family relationships and, after thirty years...
